Archive for the ‘Vezelay’ Category

From the archives…An Evening with Aubert de Villaine

by Kermit Lynch      [From the July 1997 Newsletter] Bouzeron, population 151, is a little tail’s end of a village in Burgundy where winter’s night can fall with an especially icy clunk. Its three or four streets were already dead and deserted when I drove up to Aubert de Villaine’s iron gate last November. […]

February Newsletter: Verdicchio at its Finest, 2015 Colin Pre-Arrival, Introducing Luigi Gregoletto, Artisan Vignerons

The February Newsletter is now available. Click here to download the pdf. Highlights from this month’s newsletter… WHITE BEFORE RED DOMAINE DE LA CADETTE by Emily Spillmann “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” –Aristotle 2015 BOURGOGNE VÉZELAY “LA CHÂTELAINE” > Taking pleasure not only in the finished wines but also in the hard […]

A Bruce Trip: Vézelay

On a frosty January morning, the Bruce Trip continued as we departed the Loire Valley for one of the most legendary wine regions in France, Burgundy. Along the way, we stopped in the village of Saint-Père-sous-Vézelay for a tasting that could be considered a master class in making Chardonnay. We stepped out of the vans […]